Idea for Logos 6 - Blog Subscriptions

I'm not sure how logos could go about doing this, or if it would be feasible without signing individual agreements with blog authors, but it would be great to see blogs from today's leading theologians available as a logos subscription that could be pulled into logos to be indexed, searched, noted, highlighted, and all of the other wonderful things that Logos does.

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JT (alabama24)

it would be great to see blogs from today's leading theologians available as a logos subscription that could be pulled into logos to be indexed, searched, noted, highlighted, and all of the other wonderful things that Logos does.

You can do that now by creating a personal book. I recently finished one year of a blog I like (with 3-4 posts per week). Only 2.5 more years to go. [:)]

Kevin Maples

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/492418#Comment_492418

I recently finished one year of a blog I like

Great idea. Are you going to share that document?

Paul-C

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/492424#Comment_492424

I recently finished one year of a blog I like
Great idea. Are you going to share that document?

I doubt Alabama could because of copyright issues - unless the blog author gives their consent.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/492427#Comment_492427

Sorry Kevin… I wouldn't feel good about that without having permission. If I were to get permission, I'd gladly share. [:)]

Kevin Maples

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/492427#Comment_492427

I doubt Alabama could because of copyright issues - unless the blog author gives their consent.

So if you write a blog and publish it on the internet, is it not freely available. I understand you can't republish it and sell it, but would it be an infringement of the author's copywrite to share a copy of what I could read online?

Paul-C

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/492466#Comment_492466

I doubt Alabama could because of copyright issues - unless the blog author gives their consent.

So if you write a blog and publish it on the internet, is it not freely available. I understand you can't republish it and sell it, but would it be an infringement of the author's copywrite to share a copy of what I could read online?

As bizarrely as it sounds, I think it might. The cost of the work is not the issue (either in terms of acquiring the resource and passing it on to others.) Unless the blog has licence stipulation which allows reproduction and redistribution (like Desiring God http://www.desiringgod.org/about/faqs/may-i-post-an-article-by-john-piper-on-my-website ) I think it best to assume that you can't do what you want with their work.

Speaking pragmatically, I suspect were consent to be asked, you'd get it since blog authors will want to reach the widest audience!

DHG

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/492519#Comment_492519

Marvelous idea. They could just turn a portion of the home screen into an RSS feed reader...

Don Awalt

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/492521#Comment_492521

I do this now, manually. I have a series of faith-based blogs that have reflections on scripture that I like; I see them every day in my RSS reader (feed.ly). I copy them and paste into a Note, by source (I go to a second Noote when the Note gets to a certain size, just in case). The Bible references of course turn into links automatically; periodically, references to other books appear in the blogs which I have in my library, so I change them into Logos links (Aquinas' Summa Theologicae is a popular one from the sites I follow). I format them a bit too. My content is getting much richer as a result! It would be awesome if this could be done automatically!

tom

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/492535#Comment_492535

I do this now, manually. I have a series of faith-based blogs that have reflections on scripture that I like; I see them every day in my RSS reader (feed.ly). I copy them and paste into a Note, by source (I go to a second Noote when the Note gets to a certain size, just in case). The Bible references of course turn into links automatically; periodically, references to other books appear in the blogs which I have in my library, so I change them into Logos links (Aquinas' Summa Theologicae is a popular one from the sites I follow). I format them a bit too. My content is getting much richer as a result! It would be awesome if this could be done automatically!

I do the same thing too. I also have a special email address setup for those sites that send out emails instead of RSS. About once every week or two I put the items into my notes.

Kevin Maples

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/492519#Comment_492519

Speaking pragmatically, I suspect were consent to be asked, you'd get it since blog authors will want to reach the widest audience!

That's an idea. If several different individuals got permission to create and share a blog in Logos as a personal document it could be a rich resource over time.

Brandon Hudson

I definitely agree this would be a great add to Logos. I am new to Logos and almost immediately I wanted I wanted a combination of RSS Feed Reader and Evernote Web Clipper. The suggestions here are functional (Personal Books, Note) but still more manual labor than should be for the technological capabilities available. For now, Feedly will source and Evernote will house my blog and web article library.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/517371#Comment_517371

The rule of thumb is snippet length. So, essentially Logos would feed the snippets (where no permission) along with the suggested search capability.

I think it's an EXCELLENT idea for Logos, religious bloggers, and users. It'd be especially fascinating where bloggers wanted to more closely integrate into the Logos 'eco-system'.

It's even more interesting for education providers. On the surface, they'd compete with m-ed but I suspect m-ed is simply a pathing strategy.

abondservant

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/517373#Comment_517373

I suspect logos would want the bloggers to integrate somehow into faith-life before doing that...

If they made a tool that let me automaticaly crosspost my blog to faithlife somehow I would. I already use a tool called networked blogs to post to facebook, twitter, and so forth.

Bruce Dunning

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/492418#Comment_492418

You can do that now by creating a personal book. I recently finished one year of a blog I like (with 3-4 posts per week). Only 2.5 more years to go.

I really like this idea alabama. I'm going to give serious consideration to doing the same of blogs I've appreciated over the years.

Lynden O. Williams

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/517576#Comment_517576

I'm wondering. Why not include a reader in the software (possibly the home page) and allow the individual to post the link and or subscribe to the blogs. That takes it out of Logos hands. They may compile list of suggested blogs or some category by interfacing with Google, but what shows up in the reader is entirely up to the individual.

Will put a link to a thread I started on new features for Logos 6. http://community.logos.com/forums/t/73581.aspx

If you have not done so please post your suggestions here. As a note, Logos staff, do not pay as much attention to threads in the general forum, as they do in the suggestion forum.

Doc B

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/492418#Comment_492418

I recently finished one year of a blog I like

In on this thread very late...

Bama, how do you organize these PBs? Do you create a separate book for each post, or do you lump posts together into one book? And if the latter, do you organize them by topic (tags) or do you organize them by date?

Just trying to cheat a little and get a plan before I jump in.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/517867#Comment_517867

Bama, how do you organize these PBs? Do you create a separate book for each post, or do you lump posts together into one book? And if the latter, do you organize them by topic (tags) or do you organize them by date?

It took me a while to finish the first "years" worth of blog postings, and I got busy with my kids over summer so I havent jumped into another "year" yet... but to answer your questions:

I decided that one compiled book for a year's worth of blogs was appropriate, but any more would be too much.
The amount of .docx files needed depends upon the size of the writings. If you had a DAILY blog with a page each day, you would be looking at a 365 page .docx file! Some blogs might have to be broken down into smaller .docx files due to the size of the writings.
Having multiple .docx files is no problem for the compiler... just make sure you put them in order in the list when you add them to the PBB.
The blog that I am adding has subject tags already... so I used those in my table.
I kept the blog in chronological order, and can't imagine doing otherwise. Since you can add tags, it is easy enough to find related articles later. Keeping the blogs organized by date is helpful for many reasons, not the least being keeping track of which blog posts you have already entered.

David Taylor, Jr.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/492418#Comment_492418

it would be great to see blogs from today's leading theologians available as a logos subscription that could be pulled into logos to be indexed, searched, noted, highlighted, and all of the other wonderful things that Logos does.

You can do that now by creating a personal book. I recently finished one year of a blog I like (with 3-4 posts per week). Only 2.5 more years to go.

What is you rprocess for doing this, AND what are some good blogs to read?

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/517900#Comment_517900

What is you rprocess for doing this, AND what are some good blogs to read?

I don't necessarily want to give the name of the blog out... I don't think I am doing anything wrong, but the author might not prefer me to use the blog in this fashion. For that reason I would certainly never post my .docx file without gaining explicit permission first. As for kinds of blogs..l it is really your own interest level. Mine is "family ministry."

The process? Cut & paste into a .docx file, using the PBB table for sermons or illustrations to create the index.